AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8041, 31 January 1906, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

1! ECE >' T ,Tl{ AIX CO LLISIO X, Melbol-bse, January 30. Thirty-nine persons have uotiticd that they were injured in the Gembrook railway accident. MR BEXT AXD XEW ZEAL A XI) Mjaiioritxi:, January 30. The; Siate Premier, in a speech at the Exhibition, referring to tho position of Australia in relation to Canada and Xew Zealand, said : "We need not oare a button about Canada, or X'ew Zealand, Tliey talk about X'ew Zealand, yet when she wants uiouey she eoines to lietoria, She has come for half a million, but 1 managed to get ahead of her," RAIXS IX QUEEXSLAXD. Biiisijaxe, January 30. Splendid rain has fallen over a great portion of the .State. Eleven and a half inches were recorded at Herbcslon. CI'CLIXG. Mkmiol'iixk. January 30. The Australian X'ative Association's Wheelßace resulted: —Cameron, II yds, 1; Levey, 115 yds, 2; Whitson, UOyds, !). Won by a length.

A STEAMER I{KFLOATKD. Bhisiia.ni:, January 30. The steamer Warrego, which sank while undergoing repairs; has been refloated. A STEAMER ADRIFT. S*UXEV, January 30. fhe steamer Strath Xevis arrived at Xcwcastle after a tempestuous voyage from Hongkong. She drifted for four days in the Coral Sea owing to an accident to the cylinder. CRICKET. X.S.W. BEATS VICTORIA. Received 30,11.15 p.m. Svdxkv, January 3(1. Victoria in (heir second innings made 2U7. McAbster contributed 128 by careful cricket, marred by only one chance i Laver 20. Xow South Wales won by 115 runs.